Bombers
A bomber is a combat aircraft designed to attack ground and naval targets by dropping air-to-ground weaponry (such as bombs), launching torpedoes, or deploying air-launched cruise missiles. The first use of bombs dropped from an aircraft occurred in the Italo-Turkish War, with the first major deployments coming in the First World War and Second World War by all major airforces causing devastating damage to cities, towns, and rural areas. The first purpose built bombers were the Italian Caproni Ca 30 and British Bristol T.B.8, both of 1913. Some bombers were decorated with nose art or victory markings. There are two …
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UMP: University of Manitoba Press · 5 April 2024 English
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Investors Group Stadium (where the Winnipeg Blue Bombers play football) and Shaw Park (where the Winnipeg …
Wilson Center Canada · 19 March 2024 English
The Indo-Pacific in the World March 2024 US-ROK Global Strategic Partnership in the Indo-Pacific Policy Opportunities, Challenges, and Pitfalls By Kayla Orta Executive Summary The alliance between the United States …
trilateral relations—will need to maintain capable bombers and aircraft carriers. As the two consistent, clear …
FCPP: Frontier Centre for Public Policy · 7 March 2024 English
“this threat and Incredibly, a segment of the CBC’s Fifth Estate was devoted to the Coastal from where it is GasLink extremist attacks but devoted most of the segment to …
Irish Republican Army (IRA) or suicide to shoot at bombers associated with Hamas wearing an explosive vest …
DDN: Dundurn Press · 6 February 2024 English
Through his thirty years in politics, Jason Kenney successfully shifted Canada’s political discourse to the right. To do so, he cultivated a burgeoning right-wing populist movement, of which he ultimately …
Martin was tasked with turning Soviet Buffalo Bombers away in his CF- 100 as they tested the capabilities …
DDN: Dundurn Press · 6 February 2024 English
“No one has done more than Palmiro Campagna to document the story of Canada’s extraordinary Avro Arrow ... This latest work sheds new light on the Arrow’s fascinating saga.” — …
claimed at the time that the threat from manned bombers was diminishing, while intercontinental ballistic … Canada for as- sistance in providing Lancaster bombers. The National Steel Car plant in Malton, Ontario … Ontario, was chosen to manufacture those bombers, as it was already building aircraft parts. In November … Arrow for interception of incoming high- altitude bombers but with a weapons bay that could be configured … believed the Soviets had advanced in the number of bombers capable of an attack against North America. The …
ICP: Institute for Community Prosperity · 30 January 2024 English
Add to this the killings of thousands in each of the conflicts in Ethiopia, Myanmar and Yemen; the civil war in Sudan, with at least 9,000 killed and another 5.6 …
to missiles or held at airbases hosting nuclear bombers.”110 India, Russia (despite the sanctions) and …
Alberta Teachers' Association · 15 January 2024 English
in the world in reading and science and between rich and poor students is the the other countries maintaining their Let’s be clear, teachers are not to seventh in the …
committee chair and negotiating Winnipeg Jets and Blue Bombers, matched his subcommittee chair, as well as at …
CIDP: Centre for International and Defense Policy · 9 January 2024 English
One of the many impacts of our multi-year Afghanistan contribution was to sensitize both politicians and senior bureaucrats to the risks associated with unknown outcomes.11 A combination of events, all …
the utility of the old triad, of nuclear armed bombers, nuclear submarines and Intercontinental Ballistic …
Fraser Institute · 14 December 2023 English
After Estonia ended socialist rule and transitioned back to a market democracy, Estonians enjoyed vast improvements in their incomes, living standards and other key measures of prosperity. After the second …
patrolling Estonia’s territorial waters, while bombers were invading its air space, flying low over Tartu …
ICCA: Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation · 11 December 2023
of people to safely evacuate, and the amount of The following are specific examples of how wildfires damage and disruption that occurs during and after can affect various systems, many …
2010, 19% of ground firefighting personnel, water bombers, etc.), the Federal Government’s Disaster Financial …
